DEONTAY WILDER may take the threat posed by challenger Johann Duhaupas seriously, but UK TV decision-makers clearly do not. Wilder’s second defence of his WBC heavyweight title marks the first time in exactly six years that the belt in question has been put up for grabs and not shown live on UK TV, unless a last-minute deal is agreed before Saturday night (September 26).

Even such uninspiring match-ups as Vitali vs Albert Sosnowski and Manuel Charr have been given televised exposure in the UK. This is a damning indictment on the unbeaten Wilder putting his crown on the line against a 6ft 5in Frenchman who lost just two fights ago to the current European king, Erkan Teper.